ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) case as a case study for the evaluation of interpretation of Articles 224 and 225. Specific reference was made to the applicability of Article 224 to the dispute between Greece and FYROM which, according to the Greek position, constituted a threat of war. Having established that in the FYROM case Greece appears to have fulfilled the first condition for the legal application of Article 224, attention should be drawn to the circumstances under which Article 224 was invoked. In the FYROM case the EU could have put aside the infringement of EC law provisions concerning EU trade for the sake of the vital interests of the national security of a member state. Specific reference was made to the applicability of Article 224 to the dispute between Greece and FYROM which, according to the Greek position, constituted a threat of war.
